John stood there unable to form a thought at the sight of Vance's corpse. Blood pools on the floor under him a bit trickling into the alley and streaming into the street drain.
Vance is...
"Auugh..." Vance groaned as he woke up.
"Oh my god..." John sighed in relief.
John rushed to Vance picking him up and propping him up against a crate.
"Are you okay? How did you..." John asked.
"How... did i get here first?" Vance asked.
"I got lost..." John answered.
"And how long have you lived here?" Vance asked.
"My entire life..." John answered.
"Hah uh Your family has money right... you get an allowance?" Vance asked.
"Uh yeah why?" John asked.
"I need you to order a mettic shit ton of food preferably something easy to eat..." Vance said.
"Uh okay..." John said as he pulled out his phone and began tapping on the newly cracked screen.
Some time later a knock is heard from the buildings door and John gets up to answer the door. He opens the door revealing a delivery boy with a large bag of food. The delivery boy hands john all the food before folding up his bag.
"Big event today huh." The boy said.
"Uh yeah." John said before closing the door.
Vance immediately began devouring food not leaving his mouth empty for even a moment. The burritos didnt stand a chance as they were devoured in one or two bites and the tacos were crushed and stuffed into hid mouth.
"Wow... You're a beast." John said as Vance choked down some food.
"Of course... i need the calories to recover from all these wounds... as well as my malnourishment." Vance said before going back to stuffing himself.
"Speaking of that... dont Meta-Humans have some sort of enhanced healing and enhanced metabolism... shouldn't you have recovered from your malnourishment by now?" John asked.
"I'm pretty sure my body is putting that on the back burner in favor of more immediate threats to my life like this wound near my heart." Vance explained.
"Oh, that makes sense... so how long do you suspect it'll take for you to get to peak form?" John asked.
"Well If i stop getting injured left and right maybe another week." Vance answered before going back to eating.
"Oh, okay." John said.
Later Vance went home and got a change of clothes before going back to the school where the children are being let out early. He waited until he saw his brother and sister running towards him.
"Did something happen in your building?" Emily asked.
"Yeah but they havent told us what it is yet." He answered as they walked home.
When he got home he made lunch for them but got a call just as he handed them their food. He answered the call and heard a womans sultry voice on the other side one he has heard many times before.
"Are you off of school, i heard the students were getting out early." She asked.
"Yeah but im not coming." He said.
"Aww why? Too busy for me?" She pouted.
"I'm done sacrificing my dignity... i got a real job at a bakery, and i don't want to hear your voice ever again." He said before hanging up.
"Who was that bubby?" Donnie asked between cheweing his food.
"A bad woman who wanted me to do something." He answered.
"Are you going?" Emily asked.
"No... never again..." He said as he began to eat his own food.
Later that day his phone began ringing loudly. Normally he has his ringtone on low so the sudden loud ringing startled him especially with enhanced hearing. He picked up the phone and saw Liz's number so he answered.
"What's up?" He asked as he answered.
"So... i know this is kinda sudden but i was wondering if you wanted to hang out some time?" She asked.
"Um... if it's at a time i'm free then sure." He answered.
"Oh, great! I was thinking tomorrow at six." She said.
"Sounds good to me." He said.
"Great see you!" She exclaimed.
"See ya." He said before ending the call.
Later that night Vance jumps across rooftops as he pushes his senses to the maximum. Any minute sound, visual, vibration, scent, everything is notices by him like an all seeing guardian. However nothing is happening, no crimes, no fights, no drug deals, and nothing related to that little girls disappearance. He continued to rush across rooftops annoying the people inside and a couple hours in sirens can be heard as the police rush to try and capture him but they are unable to catch up. Hours pass as he searches and eventually he catches a glimpse of metal in an alley. He rushes into the alley and slams into a large robot causing the window seal it was hanging on to crumble under the weight and force.
This thing was stalking... another child!
He rushed forward and punched the robot sending it flying back. He goes to follow up but is launched to the side with a backhand he barely managed to block.
Shit... my hand was fractured with that first punch and my right arm is completely numb.
He watched as the robot climbed back to its feet and not a single sound escaped it. The robots feet clanked against the road but instead of the expected clanking it was completely and utterly silent.
How!?
The robot began running away ducking into an alleyway.
No you don't fucker!
Vance rushed after the robot and into the alley quickly gaining on it. As the gap closed he jumoed forward at the robot but the robot began to crouch and suddenly shot up leaping over twenty feet.
What the fuck!?
The next moment the robot crashed down with the force of a car crash concentrated into two large metal feet. The robots feet slammed into his back squishing his torso obscenely cracking a rib but not before shattering the cement below him.
Eueghk! This heavy fucker!